Young, Talented, and Broke

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

“You have a right to experiment with your life. You will make mistakes. And they are right too. No, I think there was too rigid a pattern. You came out of an education and are supposed to know your vocation. Your vocation is fixed, and maybe ten years later you find you are not a teacher anymore or you’re not a painter anymore. It may happen. It has happened. I mean Gauguin decided at a certain point he wasn’t a banker anymore; he was a painter. And so he walked away from banking. I think we have a right to change course. But society is the one that keeps demanding that we fit in and not disturb things. They would like you to fit in right away so that things work now.”

We all have to face the world eventually. The holidays….sucked. I got pregnant, almost immediately miscarried, then got an awful cold that kept me home the rest of the break.

School is back in session so its time to face the music. I’m dragging my feet a bit, but I know as soon as I’m in the classroom I’ll feel myself again. Trying hard to get back into the swing of things.